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Chemical reaction
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The process by which or more substances change to produce one or more different substances
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Chemical equation
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A representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and products
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Coefficient
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A small whole number that appears as a factor in front of a formula in a chemical equation
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Combustion reaction
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The oxidation reaction of an organic compound, in which heat is realesed
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Sythesis reaction
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A reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a new compound
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Decomposition reaction
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A recation in which a single compound breaks down to form two or more simpler substances
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Activity series
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A series of elements that have similar properties and that are arranged in descending order of chemical activity
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Double displacement reaction
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A reaction in which a gas, a solid precipitate, or a molecular compound forms from the apparent exchange of atoms or ions between two compounds
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Stochiometry
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The proportional relationship between two or more substances during a chemical reaction
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Limiting reactant
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The substance that controls the quantity of product that can form in a chemical reaction
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Excess reactant
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The substance that is not used up completely ina reaction
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Actual yield
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The mesured amount of a product of a reaction actual/ Theo X100 = percentage yield
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Heat
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The energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures
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Temperature
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A mesure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically a mesure of the average kinetic eneergy of the particles in an object
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Enthalpy
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The sum of the internalenergy of a system plus the product of the system's volume multiplied by the pressure that the system exerts on its surroundings
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